Mrs. Ford and Mrs Page (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 1)

Multiple artists/makers

1793

Not on view

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Title: Mrs. Ford and Mrs Page (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 1)
Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
Engraver: Robert Thew (British, Patrington 1758–1802 Stevenage)
Artist: After Matthew William Peters (British, Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1742–1814 Brasted, Kent)
Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Published in: London
Date: 1793
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 25 1/4 × 18 in. (64.2 × 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/16 × 19 1/2 in. (68.7 × 49.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Object Number: 42.119.360
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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